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Upcoming
Orientations
Friday, July 9
FULL!
Wednesday, July 21
6-7pm
Friday, August 6
12-1pm
Sign up now to join us!
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| Half Off!
Books at Open Books just got cheaper! The year is half over, and we're celebrating with
our first-ever Half Off Sale. All books in the store will be 50% off
(except rare & autographed titles)
Spend more! Save much! Support literacy!
June 26 and 27
10am - 7pm
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| Attention Runners!
It's not too late to be a
part of Open Books' Team Bookin' It! Join us
this summer for training runs and fun all while raising funds for literacy. Our
target? 13.1 miles at the September 12 Chicago Half Marathon!
Get more info and sign up now!
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featherproof!
Been meaning to check out
the store?
Join us for An Awesome Reading in
partnership with featherproof books!
Preview new chapbooks and
enjoy the once in a lifetime gathering of favorite lyrical writers Amy McDaniel, Jamie Kazay, Dave Snyder and
Mary Hamilton.
June 17 7pm FREE
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Grads And Dads!
Are you searching
tirelessly for that perfect gift for your favorite GRAD or DAD? Look no further! Show them the love with an Open Books membership, fireplace tile or bookshelf plate!
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Have you moved? Changed email addresses? Altered your schedule for volunteering?
Let us know at
updates@open-books.org!
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Dearest friends of Open Books,
Very happy summer to you all! We are reorganizing the
cabinets and dusting off our shelves as we switch into summer mode here at Open
Books. With 200 volunteers helping to run the show at Printers Row Lit Fest,
our upcoming summer session of Open Books Buddies, a chock-full slate of Open
Books Wordshops, and so much more, things are hardly quiet here at HQ. Even
still, we are already looking ahead to this fall, when every one of our
programs will grow tremendously! We look forward to working with plenty of
familiar faces and to bringing in some new blood too! In the meantime, come by
for an orientation,
join us for a field trip,
participate in a Wordshop, organize a
book drive -- there are countless ways to stay involved with Open Books year-round!
Ava Zeligson
Volunteer Coordinator |
Volunteer Opportunity Highlights
VWrite 2010
Join us this fall as a virtual mentor in a one-of-a-kind
program! Coach high school juniors on college- and career-related writing
skills via weekly e-mails and phone conferences, go on college visits and/or
job shadowing days, and get your student ready for the next step in VWrite! This program is a dream for 9-5ers - set your own schedule and volunteer in
your pajamas if it pleases you. We especially need more male mentors this
coming semester, so men, come on down!
If
you are interested in joining any one of our fine opportunities, just fill
out our volunteer form and sign up for an orientation. Already been to an orientation? Email Ava at azeligson@open-books.org to get going! |
Get Your Write On At Open Books!
This summer, join us for
writing Wordshops at Open Books and re-discover (or meet for the first time)
the literary genius in you. Whether
you're the beginning author looking for inspiration, the budding memoirist, the
established writer, or even the workaholic who doesn't have "time" to write --
we've got a Wordshop for you! Check out the summer schedule and register today. Space is limited, and registration is first
come, first serve.
All of the proceeds from
Wordshops go to support literacy and future Open Books programs. Don't
wait -- get writing today!
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June Vol-Star: Curtis Shaw Flagg!
It is my pleasure to
present to you Curtis Shaw Flagg, June's Open Books Vol-Star! A brilliant Big Buddy
at McCutcheon Elementary in Uptown, Curtis has been beaming with enthusiasm
since our very first encounter. Beyond the hour he spent each week with his Little Buddies,
Abdul and Daveion, Curtis has been spreading the mission like crazy and has his
whole family in downstate Illinois collecting books for us! Curtis, thank you
so much for the passion you have dedicated to your students and to the literacy
cause. We are so thankful to be working with you.
Without further ado, please
go ahead and visit the Open Books blog to see how Curtis answers... The 10 Questions We Always Ask!
Stay tuned for next month, when we honor yet another stupendous McCutcheon Buddy. Must be something in the water over there.
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